tell me about love - poem vo
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KEY:
Tell Me About Love Friend
Anthony Anaxagorou We’dseeneachotherintheugliestforms
Fighting,
broken-nosed,
laughingwithBLOODYgumsandTORNskin.
[BEAT]
We’dseeneachotherheartbroken,
drunksomewhere-grippingtheneckofabottle
asif,itwereourownsuicidefault.
[BEAT]
Ihadseenhimasleep-assuredthatNOBODYcouldEVERhurthim
ALIVEinhisdream
POSITIVEthatanightmarecouldbeshakenoff[takesmallbreath]
Or,thatagoodthoughtcouldbeprolonged,
justtoberemembered…until…tomorrow.
=Spokenwithsadness/despair
=Spokenwithsweetly
=Spokenneutral
=Spokeningrowingdistress
=Spokenindistress–shakyvoice
=Spokenalmostinawhisper–sad/regretfultone
=Spokeninslightdisgust–angrybutsoundingtearful
BOLD=focusonword–raisevoice(slightly) [italic]=notes
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Hehadseenmetopless,skinny,
sayinghewishedribswerestronger,
thathewishedhecouldtrustthem,[takesmallbreath-inhale]
buthecouldn’t,
neithercouldI.
[BEAT]
Yearslaterweweresittingwithmanywhowerelikeus
inacrackledyard
wherethesmellofsweatwasalwaysthesame
andthenoisewasalwaysanindustryofchainsaws.
Hehadreturnedfromdisappearingagainlookingdifferent
whenhedrank
hiseyeswouldfallovermorefrequently
likehewastryingtoleavehimselfinaplaceofhopelesssobriety.
Hespokewithpavingslabs
Muscledtohistongue,eachwordIwouldchasedown
someoldhawkishstreet
justasIdidbefore.
Inatimethatfavoredtheshapeofdays
wespokeaboutthewayoftheworld
itscalamity,itsmisfortuneandallthoseunsponsored
backsweonceknew.
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Therewereneverquestionsaslongasanswers
hadasound,
Therewasbrillianceinhiseyes,
stardominhisdrunkenness,
IcouldseeagainthegeniusIcalledfriend
upuntilIaskedhimforhisthoughtsonLove
-itsunfloweringwreckage,abandonmentandthingamble.
Chuckingthelastpoolofliquortothebackofhisthroat
hebowedtheglassandwalkedclearouttheplace[takesmallshakybreath]
leavingnothingbutmebehind.
NowIsithurtingsomestruggleslatersomewhereunknowntohim
inanageofuntemperedconcerns,worriesofadifferenttexture.
Warsstilloccur–hewasrightaboutthat,
Booksareforeverweapons-hewasrightaboutthattoo,
butImisshishappeningtroubles,thosechatteringchippedteeth
thatspokeinauniversalcurrency
Yet,justtheotherdayanotearrived
addressedtotheyoungerme,ameonlyhestillhad
-itwashandwritten,defiantintheageofmodelbinary.
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Itreadplainlyasifithaddiscoveredforitself
theshortestresponsetomymost…lasting…concern
[BEAT]
forgiveitall.[shakyvoiceasifabouttocry]